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“Building up” in Japanese

Short answer
展開 tenkai てんかい

Building up in Japanese is “展開” (tenkai). Full meaning: development, evolution, progression, unfolding, (plot) twist; expansion, spreading out, extending, deployment, building up; expansion (of an algebraic expression).

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